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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 10, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 10, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 10, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 10, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Al Barlick |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carlos Bernier | Center Fielder |
| Paul Smith | First Baseman |
| Cal Abrams | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Joe Garagiola | Catcher |
| Pete Castiglione | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Pellagrini | Second Baseman |
| Dick Cole | Shortstop |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Third Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 10, 1953
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernier vs. Maglie
Bernier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Maglie
There goes Bernier. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Maglie
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Abrams vs. Maglie
Abrams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Maglie
Kiner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Dickson
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Maglie
Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pellagrini vs. Maglie
Pellagrini hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Dickson
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Dickson
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole misplays the ball. That's an error on Cole. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maglie vs. Dickson
Maglie bunts towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Maglie
Cole strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Maglie
Dickson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernier vs. Maglie
Bernier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Maglie
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Dickson
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Dickson
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Abrams vs. Maglie
Abrams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Maglie
Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garagiola vs. Maglie
Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Dickson
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maglie vs. Dickson
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Castiglione hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pellagrini vs. Maglie
Pellagrini takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Maglie
Cole strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickson vs. Maglie
Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Dickson
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernier vs. Maglie
Bernier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Maglie
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Abrams vs. Maglie
Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Maglie
Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Dickson
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Dickson
Westrum hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Dickson
Maglie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Maglie reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maglie moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Maglie
Garagiola strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Castiglione takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pellagrini vs. Maglie
Pellagrini hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Maglie
Cole strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Dickson
Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Maglie
George Metkovich pinch hits for Murry Dickson.
Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernier vs. Maglie
Bernier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Maglie
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Abrams vs. Maglie
Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. LaPalme
Paul LaPalme now pitching.
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. LaPalme
Spencer hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. LaPalme
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaPalme fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Maglie
Kiner strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Maglie
Garagiola hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Joe Garagiola.
Castiglione strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pellagrini vs. Maglie
Pellagrini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/10/1953, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bernier C, cf 2 0 1 0 Williams D, 2b 4 1 4 3
Smith P, 1b 3 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Abrams C, rf 3 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0
Kiner R, lf 4 0 0 0 Irvin M, lf 3 0 1 0
Garagiola J, c 4 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 1 0
O'Brien E, pr 0 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 1 2 1
Castiglione P, 3b 3 0 0 0 Spencer D, 3b 4 1 1 0
Pellagrini E, 2b 3 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 4 1 1 0
Cole D, ss 3 0 0 0 Maglie S, p 2 0 1 0
Dickson M, p 2 0 0 0
Metkovich G, ph 1 0 0 0
LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 0 3 0 33 4 11 4
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0
New York 040 000 00x -- 4
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M (L) 7.0 11 4 3 1 1
LaPalme P 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (W) 9.0 3 0 0 6 9
E -- Cole D
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, New York 7
2B -- Maglie S
HR -- Mueller D, Williams D
CS -- Bernier C
SH -- Maglie S
T -- 2:17
A -- 0
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